Taela smiled at the ex-neko's antics. But, she was still a little unnerved by the fact that they were testing weapons in battle. "Hah. . . I wish I could be as easily pleased as you. . . But, nothing SHOULD go wrong with the weapons."

The two reached the hangars finally, and the Neko looked at the machines from bottom to top in awe. "And I thought seeing a battleship was impressive. . . But these. . . I mean. . . just how do they even walk? It's, it's, inconceivable! But they still do!"
There was a certain excitement in her voice appearing.

"Servos N' Pistons N' junk." a voice answered, revealing the Demo expert Shinji on one of the upper walkways, looking over his frame from a closer vantage point. it was only those three on this side, as the other frames were separated by a wall that allowed a hallway to be between the frames.

"What we really need to do is figure out how we like fightin' and arm our Mechs proper-like." the Yamatain man said, sticking a match in the corner of his mouth and rustling with something in his pocket. He pulled out a little package, pulled a tab on it, and threw it into the air, where it exploded in a little shower of multicolored sparks and bright streamers, quickly fizzling into a light smoky haze before the Ship's life support sucked the results up to be cleaned from the air. "Congratulations on makin' it to the Atuan's second mission." he muttered, Climbing onto his unit and inspecting the scratches on the paint before trying to figure out how he could get to the hatch that separated the Mecha bay from the machine shop above it.

Kelly took a long drag of his ciggarette before flicking it to the ground and stomping on it to extinguish the flame.

"Right then. Everyone, go get suited up. I've already selected your loadouts. Yoshiko, hand this around to the rest of the squadron." The nepleslian pulled a datapad out from his pocket, and handed it to Yoshiko.

"Yoshiko, your Ashigaru will be using the Plasma Carbine, the Targa Shield, and the plasma pistol/saber. Taela, you will be using the same loadout as Yoshiko. Shinji and Meena will go in with the Hyper-Rifles, and will have a missile pod attached to their backs, for long ranged support. That, is all. Now, lets go get on our suits and go find out who the hell is screwing with Origin."

She smiled at Shinji's remark. "If ours is made out of servos and pistons and junk, imagine what the other guys' are made out of. I wonder if they blow up real nicely..." Kelly eventually gave Yoshiko a list of weapons systems for her Ashigaru. The ex-neko gave out an appreciative "Ohhhhhh!" as she ran over the list. 'Wow! These new toys are, I mean, weapons are really something!' she thought to herself. "Hey! Look at this! The carbine's like a nice battle rife AND an SMG! Yay! More Dakka!" She then pressed a finger to her lip in thought. "Well, then again, it's not exactly Dakka if it's energy..." Yoshiko then frowned a little, seemingly put down by this revelation. The ex-neko squirmed where she stood for a bit, working up her cheer; "What the hell? It's good enough for me by plenty! We'll get them for sure, won't we guys?" Her mouth seemed to go on and on forever.

Taela kept on trying to get a word in to Kelly, but everytime she raised a hand to speak, Yoshiko kept chattering. By the time the ex-neko had finished, the current Neko forgot what she was about to ask. She sighed lightly before telling the other girl, "Yoshiko-san. . . Do you have to talk so much? I forgot what I was going to say. . ."

"I'm sure ya meant somethin like 'Why do we need all that shit?" Shinji suggested, looking over towards his unit, and wondering how Meena was doing on the other side, as well as wondering what Kelly was going to do with his frame, also on the other side of the ship.

"Lemme guess, I get to be support. I got no problem wit dat." The Yamataian stated, scratching his head a bit. He looked around for the little box near the feet of his mech that held the pilot suit, and noted another crate next to it, probably holding the Impulse PA. The other two mechs in the room had them, so he figured it must be.

"Ey Kelly. How do we work those Powered suits?" he asked, pointing.

"Oh! Oh! I know how!" Yoshiko squealed out in delight. She furiously waved her arm, like a little kindergartner vying for attention. The ditz was excited to share something she knew, and showed it. "You just kinda push the little button around the neck, and from there, it's really easy. It opens up and you slip right in." After opening her mouth and working it furiously alongside her vocal cords, Yoshiko started to think. If she still had her old ears, they would have wiggled in thought too.

The young ex-neko started to mutter to herself, "If shit and stuff blows up, and the Ashigaru has lots of shit and stuff...OH MY GOD! IS IT A...." She started to cry out at her little 'realization' regarding a very real 'possibility' concerning herself and friends, but quickly stifled herself and calmed down a little. "Oh, umm. These don't tend to, uh, blow up a lot like some other things. Do they? Wait. Guys? Am I talking too much? She asked. "My mom sometimes put ear plugs on...just sometimes."

Kelly shook his head and smiled in amusement at Yoshiko's antics, heading out of the hangar where Yoshiko's, Taela's, and Shinji's Ashigarus were being held, and into the other hangar on the Atuan, where a cloth covered powered frame stood, taller and wider than the Ashigarus flanking it on both sides. Looking up at it, Kelly smiled, thinking to himself about just what exactly was under the cloth, speaking out loud to no-one in particular.

"Well, Javier, time for us to see what this Asura can do."


Soon, he was suited up, and seated in the cockpit of the enormous frame, waiting for the order from Captain Arah to launch.

Shinji just stared in awe first as Yoshiko motormouthed, then as Kelly just freaking walked away without answering his question. "I hope 'e doesn't ge'in trouble 'cuz I aint helpin'im." the Yamataian stated, looking up to his Ashigaru as a couple of the techs checked the Frame out and helped to load it. Shinji shook his head and made his way to go and help as well, wanting to be sure everything was satisfactorily mounted.

"Ey Yoshi, Teala, You fellas ready fer the mission? I mean, we only signed up ta test these suckers, not fight people. Still, I'm kinda lookin forward ta really seein what this things can do. A bit Jittery though, yannow?"

"My kind was created for fighting." Taela coolly responded on her communicator from inside the Ashigaru. "Jitters are hardly a thing that I need to worry about. However, what there is to worry about is this being my first Frame fight. Although, the controls appear to be simple enough."

With this, she ran a systems check on the machine, just booting up the main computer (but not the actual mecha). "I trust that you guys will be able to 'cover my ass', as some say?"